Four color stacked white organic light-emitting diodes utilizing the concept of triplet harvesting

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Abstract

Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are developing into a competitive alternative to conventional light sources. Nevertheless, OLEDs need further improvement in terms of efficiency and color rendering for lighting applications. Fluorescent blue emitters allow deep blue emission and high stability, while phosphorescent blue emitter still suffer from insufficient stability. The concept of triplet harvesting is the key for achieving internal quantum efficiencies up to 100 % and simultaneously benefiting from the advantages of fluorescent blue emitters. Here, we present a stacked OLED consisting of two units comprising four different emitters in total. The first unit takes advantage of the concept of triplet harvesting and combines the light emission of a fluorescent blue and a phosphorescent red emitter. The second unit emits light from a single emission layer consisting of a matrix doped with phosphorescent green and yellow emitters. With this approach, we reach white color coordinates close to the standard illuminant A and a color rendering index of above 75. The presented devices are characterized by high luminous efficacies of above 30 lm/W on standard glass substrates without outcoupling enhancement.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMolecular and Hybrid Materials for Electronics and Photonics
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume1286
ISSN0272-9172

Conference

Title2010 MRS Fall Meeting
Duration29 November - 3 December 2010
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-4112-6991/work/142254768

Keywords

Keywords

  • Illumination, Luminous efficacy, OLED, Stacked, Triplet harvesting, White